Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | America: The Tale of a Continent
Chapter | La representación del otro en las primeras Relaciones sobre las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola

La representación del otro en las primeras Relaciones sobre las Siete Ciudades de Cíbola

Problemas y transformaciones

Abstract

When we analyse the textual representation of the other in the first testimonies of the Indian Chronicles, one of the conclusions that we draw is that there is not a homogeneous image of otherness. The image of the Native American experiences many transformations along the Discovery progress and the Conquest. The first statements that describe the unsuccessful quest of the Seven Cities of Cíbola myth in the northern border of Nueva España reported on that. This article analyses the representation that the native towns in the northern part of México received in the “Discovery of the Seven Towns by father frail Marcos de Niza” and in the first written testimony of Francisco Vázquez de Coronado’s expedition, its letter to the viceroy dated August the 3rd, 1540.


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Submitted: Feb. 6, 2019 | Accepted: March 5, 2019 | Published May 14, 2019 | Language: es

Keywords History and myth • Siete Ciudades de Cíbola • Image of the Native American • Fray Marcos de Niza • Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Copyright © 2019 Alberto Santacruz Antón. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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